Trading up: Crossbarry, Cork €495,000

Sq m: 260 (2,800 sq ft)

Close to lots of places, which are close to some more places — that’s sort of Crossbarry, just west of Cork city.

Location markers include Innishannon, Halfway, and Brinny, and it’s also close to Waterfall, Bishopstown, Wilton and Killumney, says estate agent Norma Healy of Sherry FitzGerald in commutable Cork city.